Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1924)

Have You a D r e s s i n g'Ta b 1 e? Gloria Swan son at the dressing-table which she uses in her latest picture, "A Society Scayidal'' ONCE upon a time, a dressing table was considered in the light of a luxury. It was the symbol of the sheltered woman — the loved, protected flower woman. But now the dressing table occupies a new place. It has become the necessity of the average woman's daily life. The motion picture has been, in part, responsible for this change. It has popularized the dressing table — in fact, the boudoir! It has shown to women the convenience, the joy, of owning this article of furniture. It has pointed out the fact that a dressing table may be the key to a woman's personality — as well as to her beauty. Especially have the pictures featuring Gloria Swanson been responsible for bringing the dressing table into favor. In fact, it was in one of her pictures that the covered telephone, to be used upon a dressing table, first saw the light of day. In this way was a national fashion set — a fashion that has become a whole country's fad! It was with the use of a mirror, in a boudoir, that we have to deal here. And with the use of the dressing table that accompanies that mirror. Of what avail is a dainty bed, or charming furniture, if the room lacks a focal point of interest? In the decoration of a bedroom there are a certain number of definite points to keep in mind. These points are simple, but we repeat them here simply to refresh our memory. First, because the bed is usually the 64 Milady of the screen counts this piece of furniture one of her chief assets in her work and at home By William J.Moll IJIIP This is a little expensive, but worth it A chirr arrangement to hide an unused door